Father
Paolo said,
honestly, that
Saudi Arabia's
funneling of
arms into
Syria was a
regional
strategy
against Shi'a
Iran.

He
did not,
however,
acknowledge
the equally
political role
of Herve
Ladsous, the
fourth French
UN
Peacekeeping
chief in a
row, in
killing
off the UN
observer
mission, and
more recently
refusing
request that
he investigate
a role from
Qatar in the
kidnapping of
"his"
peacekeepers.
Nor would he
cite Qatar.

Inner
City Press:
currently,
there is a
meeting in the
North Lawn
Building of
the Syrian
coalition with
members of the
Security
Council. Iíve
seen, although
it wasnít sent
to me, a
notice of a
press
conference in
the UN
building by
the Syrian
Coalition in
room 310 of
the United
Nations, and I
wanted you to
describe what
this press
conference is.
Is it a UN
press
conference? Is
it only open
to individuals
who have paid
money in order
to attend it?
And I saw one
of the
speakers
described as
the Special
Representative
of the Syrian
Coalition to
the United
Nations, and I
wanted to
know, is there
such a thing?
Is there
official
representation
to the United
Nations by the
Syrian
opposition and
on what basis
does the UN
give a large
room to the UN
Correspondents
Association
for meetings
of this type,
which they
only promote
to members
that pay them
money?

Deputy
Spokesperson
Del Buey:
Well, Iíll
have to check
on that,
Matthew. I
donít have the
information
with me, but
weíll check on
that and get
back to you.

Inner
City Press:
Okay, Iíd
really like an
answer soon,
before the
meeting takes
place would be
ideal.

Deputy
Spokesperson
Del Buey:
Well, weíre
going to try.

Neither
before the
meeting nor as
of this
writing more
than a week
later was any
answer given
by the UN. They
are flim-flam;
Father Paolo?
Well, he is
something
else. Italian
Foreign
Minister Emma
Bonino has
said there is
as yet "no
news." Watch
this site.